Contrast echocardiography for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations screening: Does any bubble matter?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-518

  Gazzaniga, P ^a   Buscarini, E ^a   Leandro, G ^b   Reduzzi, L ^a   Grosso, M ^c   Pongiglione, G ^d   Pedrinazzi, C ^a   Lanzarini, L ^e   Portugalli, V ^a   Blotta, P ^a   Forner, P ^a   Boccardi, E ^f   Pagella, F ^e   Manfredi, G ^a   Olivieri, C ^g   Zambelli, A ^a   Danesino, C ^g   Inama, G ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Echocardiography; Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650388734     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen317     Document Type: Article

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